My two little nephews Sam and Nate were born 2 days apart, so for their birthday I wanted to do something fun and creative. I was inspired by Emily Martin's Black Apple portrait of Monkey C. Hall from her Lost on the Midway collection. I just loved the little guy and had to have him for my two little monkey buddies, but of course, she wasn't going to release the prints for another 2 months! So I decided to make 2 monkey felt dolls. Really, I was hoping they would turn out a little cuter but Nate and Sam loved them no matter what! I hand painted the faces and then went to work. I have never done anything like this before so my felt dolls can only get better with time :) P.S. Birthday hint for my family...Since my birthday is coming up soon I would love love LOVE one of Emily Martin's 8x10 prints. My two favorites are Heart and Key and Lost on the Midway
Monday, July 19, 2010
2 Little Monkey's
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Saturday, July 10, 2010
A Top Secret Mission
My two best friends Staci and Steph invited me to join in on a fun little escapade in dressing up for an all Silly Girls Unite photo shoot. The idea came from the two creators of Silly Girls Photography. They wanted tons of groups of girls all around the world to get together and do a silly girls photo shoot and then we would all share our awesome pictures! They had a voting poll where the groups voted on their favorite theme. Staci and Steph wanted Futuristic to win but Stripes & Polka Dots or Secret Agents won. So we did "Futuristic Secret Agents." Thanks to Staci and Steph we had AMAZING costumes via DI! Who knew you could find such sweet stuff! When Stephs in a DI she's like a kid in a candy store! They created a St. George group and got down to business with my afro that they both have been dying to do. So, while they worked on my fabulous fro, I got down to business on discovering my saucy inner secret agent....GinJet!
Intelligence Commander
Chi Eekway
Specializes in: Flexibility, Jujitsu, and Masters in Ninja training.
European Chemical Engineer with built in mammary canons
Specializes in:
Pyrotechnics, and Bomb making
Specializes in: Leadership, Intimidation,
Mad Scientist of all that is evil & will one day rule the World
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